The
Sibley-Munroe checklist was a landmark document in the study of
birds. It drew on extensive
DNA-DNA hybridisation studies to reassess the relationships between modern birds.
The Sibley-Munroe assignmemt of individual species to families and of families to orders remains controversial, however. Critics maintain that, while it marks a great leap forward so far as the evidence from DNA-DNA hybridisation goes, it pays insufficient attention to other forms of evidence, both molecular and on a larger scale. There is no true consensus, but the broad middle-ground position is that the Sibley-Monroe classification, overall, is "about 80% correct". The key question, of course, is which 80%?. Research and debate continues.
There are 9993 species on the checklist, and this page continues in several parts, which are linked to below.
Struthionidae
Rheidae
- Rhea americana Greater Rhea
- Rhea pennata Lesser Rhea
Casuariidae[?]
- Casuarius casuarius Southern Cassowary
- Casuarius bennetti Dwarf Cassowary
- Casuarius unappendiculatus Northern Cassowary
- Dromaius novaehollandiae Emu
Apterygidae
- Apteryx australis Brown Kiwi
- Apteryx owenii Little Spotted Kiwi
- Apteryx haastii Great Spotted Kiwi
Tinamidae
- Tinamus tao Grey Tinamou
- Tinamus solitarius Solitary Tinamou
- Tinamus osgoodi Black Tinamou
- Tinamus major Great Tinamou
- Tinamus guttatus White-throated Tinamou
- Nothocercus bonapartei Highland Tinamou
- Nothocercus julius Tawny-breasted Tinamou
- Nothocercus nigrocapillus* Hooded Tinamou
- Crypturellus berlepschi Berlepsch's Tinamou
- Crypturellus cinereus Cinereous Tinamou
- Crypturellus soui Little Tinamou
- Crypturellus ptaritepui Tepui Tinamou
- Crypturellus obsoletus Brown Tinamou
- Crypturellus cinnamomeus Thicket Tinamou
- Crypturellus undulatus Undulated Tinamou
- Crypturellus transfasciatus* Pale-browed Tinamou
- Crypturellus strigulosus Brazilian Tinamou
- Crypturellus boucardi Slaty-breasted Tinamou
- Crypturellus kerriae Choco Tinamou
- Crypturellus erythropus Red-legged Tinamou
- Crypturellus duidae Grey-legged Tinamou
- Crypturellus noctivagus Yellow-legged Tinamou
- Crypturellus atrocapillus* Black-capped Tinamou
- Crypturellus variegatus Variegated Tinamou
- Crypturellus brevirostris* Rusty Tinamou
- Crypturellus bartletti Bartlett's Tinamou
- Crypturellus parvirostris* Small-billed Tinamou
- Crypturellus casiquiare Barred Tinamou
- Crypturellus tataupa Tataupa Tinamou
- Rhynchotus rufescens Red-winged Tinamou
- Nothoprocta taczanowskii Taczanowski's Tinamou
- Nothoprocta kalinowskii Kalinowski's Tinamou
- Nothoprocta ornata Ornate Tinamou
- Nothoprocta pentlandii Andean Tinamou
- Nothoprocta cinerascens Brushland Tinamou
- Nothoprocta perdicaria Chilean Tinamou
- Nothoprocta curvirostris Curve-billed Tinamou
- Nothura darwinii Darwin's Nothura
- Nothura chacoensis Chaco Nothura
- Nothura maculosa Spotted Nothura
- Nothura minor Lesser Nothura
- Nothura boraquira White-bellied Nothura
- Taoniscus nanus Dwarf Tinamou
- Eudromia elegans Elegant Crested-Tinamou
- Eudromia formosa Quebracho Crested-Tinamou
- Tinamotis pentlandii Puna Tinamou
- Tinamotis ingoufi Patagonian Tinamou
Cracidae[?]
- Ortalis vetula Plain Chachalaca
- Ortalis cinereiceps Grey-headed Chachalaca
- Ortalis garrula Chestnut-winged Chachalaca
- Ortalis ruficauda Rufous-vented Chachalaca
- Ortalis erythroptera Rufous-headed Chachalaca
- Ortalis wagleri Rufous-bellied Chachalaca
- Ortalis poliocephala West Mexican Chachalaca
- Ortalis canicollis Chaco Chachalaca
- Ortalis leucogastra White-bellied Chachalaca
- Ortalis guttata Speckled Chachalaca
- Ortalis motmot Little Chachalaca
- Ortalis superciliaris Buff-browed Chachalaca
- Penelope argyrotis Band-tailed Guan
- Penelope barbata Bearded Guan
- Penelope ortoni Baudo Guan
- Penelope montagnii Andean Guan
- Penelope marail Marail Guan
- Penelope superciliaris Rusty-margined Guan
- Penelope dabbenei Red-faced Guan
- Penelope purpurascens Crested Guan
- Penelope perspicax Cauca Guan
- Penelope albipennis White-winged Guan
- Penelope jacquacu Spix's Guan
- Penelope obscura Dusky-legged Guan
- Penelope pileata White-crested Guan
- Penelope ochrogaster Chestnut-bellied Guan
- Penelope jacucaca White-browed Guan
- Pipile pipile Trinidad Piping-Guan
- Pipile cumanensis Blue-throated Piping-Guan
- Pipile cujubi Red-throated Piping-Guan
- Pipile jacutinga Black-fronted Piping-Guan
- Aburria aburri Wattled Guan
- Chamaepetes unicolor Black Guan
- Chamaepetes goudotii Sickle-winged Guan
- Penelopina nigra Highland Guan
- Oreophasis derbianus Horned Guan
- Nothocrax urumutum Nocturnal Curassow
- Mitu tomentosa Crestless Curassow
- Mitu salvini Salvin's Curassow
- Mitu tuberosa Razor-billed Curassow
- Mitu mitu Alagoas Curassow
- Pauxi pauxi Helmeted Curassow
- Pauxi unicornis Horned Curassow
- Crax rubra Great Curassow
- Crax alberti Blue-knobbed Curassow
- Crax daubentoni Yellow-knobbed Curassow
- Crax alector Black Curassow
- Crax globulosa Wattled Curassow
- Crax fasciolata Bare-faced Curassow
- Crax blumenbachii Red-billed Curassow
Megapodiidae
- Alectura lathami Australian Brush-turkey
- Aepypodius arfakianus Wattled Brush-turkey
- Aepypodius bruijnii Bruijn's Brush-turkey
- Talegalla cuvieri Red-billed Brush-turkey
- Talegalla fuscirostris Black-billed Brush-turkey
- Talegalla jobiensis Brown-collared Brush-turkey
- Macrocephalon maleo Maleo
- Megapodius nicobariensis Nicobar Scrubfowl
- Megapodius cumingii Tabon Scrubfowl
- Megapodius bernsteinii Sula Scrubfowl
- Megapodius reinwardt Orange-footed Scrubfowl
- Megapodius freycinet Dusky Scrubfowl
- Megapodius affinis New Guinea Scrubfowl
- Megapodius eremita Melanesian Scrubfowl
- Megapodius layardi Vanuatu Scrubfowl
- Megapodius laperouse Micronesian Scrubfowl
- Megapodius pritchardii Niaufoou Scrubfowl
- Megapodius wallacei Moluccan Scrubfowl
- Leipoa ocellata Malleefowl
Phasianidae
- Lerwa lerwa Snow Partridge
- Ammoperdix griseogularis See-see Partridge
- Ammoperdix heyi Sand Partridge
- Tetraogallus caucasicus Caucasian Snowcock
- Tetraogallus caspius Caspian Snowcock
- Tetraogallus tibetanus Tibetan Snowcock
- Tetraogallus altaicus Altai Snowcock
- Tetraogallus himalayensis* Himalayan Snowcock
- Tetraophasis obscurus Chestnut-throated Partridge
- Tetraophasis szechenyii Buff-throated Partridge
- Alectoris graeca Rock Partridge
- Alectoris chukar Chukar
- Alectoris philbyi Philby's Partridge
- Alectoris magna Rusty-necklaced Partridge
- Alectoris barbara Barbary Partridge
- Alectoris rufa Red-legged Partridge
- Alectoris melanocephala Arabian Partridge
- Francolinus francolinus Black Francolin
- Francolinus pictus Painted Francolin
- Francolinus pintadeanus Chinese Francolin
- Francolinus pondicerianus* Grey Francolin
- Francolinus gularis Swamp Francolin
- Francolinus coqui Coqui Francolin
- Francolinus albogularis White-throated Francolin
- Francolinus schlegelii Schlegel's Francolin
- Francolinus lathami Forest Francolin
- Francolinus sephaena Crested Francolin
- Francolinus streptophorus* Ring-necked Francolin
- Francolinus finschi Finsch's Francolin
- Francolinus africanus Grey-winged Francolin
- Francolinus levaillantii Red-winged Francolin
- Francolinus psilolaemus Moorland Francolin
- Francolinus shelleyi Shelley's Francolin
- Francolinus levaillantoides* OrangeRiver Francolin
- Francolinus nahani Nahan's Francolin
- Francolinus hartlaubi Hartlaub's Francolin
- Francolinus bicalcaratus Double-spurred Francolin
- Francolinus clappertoni Clapperton's Francolin
- Francolinus icterorhynchus Heuglin's Francolin
- Francolinus harwoodi Harwood's Francolin
- Francolinus adspersus Red-billed Francolin
- Francolinus capensis Cape Francolin
- Francolinus hildebrandti Hildebrandt's Francolin
- Francolinus natalensis Natal Francolin
- Francolinus ahantensis Ahanta Francolin
- Francolinus squamatus Scaly Francolin
- Francolinus griseostriatus Grey-striped Francolin
- Francolinus leucoscepus Yellow-necked Spurfowl
- Francolinus rufopictus Grey-breasted Spurfowl
- Francolinus afer Red-necked Spurfowl
- Francolinus swainsonii Swainson's Spurfowl
- Francolinus erckelii Erckel's Francolin
- Francolinus ochropectus Ochre-breasted Francolin
- Francolinus castaneicollis Chestnut-naped Francolin
- Francolinus nobilis Handsome Francolin
- Francolinus jacksoni Jackson's Francolin
- Francolinus camerunensis Cameroon Francolin
- Francolinus swierstrai Swierstra's Francolin
- Perdix perdix Grey Partridge
- Perdix dauurica Daurian Partridge
- Perdix hodgsoniae Tibetan Partridge
- Rhizothera longirostris Long-billed Partridge
- Margaroperdix madagarensis Madagascar Partridge
- Melanoperdix nigra Black Partridge
- Coturnix coturnix Common Quail
- Coturnix japonica Japanese Quail
- Coturnix pectoralis Stubble Quail
- Coturnix novaezelandiae New Zealand Quail
- Coturnix coromandelica Rain Quail
- Coturnix delegorguei Harlequin Quail
- Coturnix ypsilophora Brown Quail
- Coturnix adansonii Blue Quail
- Coturnix chinensis Blue-breasted Quail
- Anurophasis monorthonyx Snow Mountain Quail
- Perdicula asiatica Jungle Bush-Quail
- Perdicula argoondah Rock Bush-Quail
- Perdicula erythrorhyncha Painted Bush-Quail
- Perdicula manipurensis Manipur Bush-Quail
- Arborophila torqueola Hill Partridge
- Arborophila rufogularis Rufous-throated Partridge
- Arborophila atrogularis White-cheeked Partridge
- Arborophila crudigularis Taiwan Partridge
- Arborophila mandellii Chestnut-breasted Partridge
- Arborophila brunneopectus* Bar-backed Partridge
- Arborophila rufipectus Sichuan Partridge
- Arborophila orientalis Grey-breasted Partridge
- Arborophila javanica Chestnut-bellied Partridge
- Arborophila hyperythra Red-breasted Partridge
- Arborophila gingica White-necklaced Partridge
- Arborophila davidi Orange-necked Partridge
- Arborophila cambodiana Chestnut-headed Partridge
- Arborophila rubrirostris Red-billed Partridge
- Arborophila ardens Hainan Partridge
- Arborophila chloropus Scaly-breasted Partridge
- Arborophila merlini Annam Partridge
- Arborophila charltonii Chestnut-necklaced Partridge
- Caloperdix oculea Ferruginous Partridge
- Haematortyx sanguiniceps Crimson-headed Partridge
- Rollulus rouloul Crested Partridge
- Ptilopachus petrosus Stone Partridge
- Bambusicola fytchii Mountain Bamboo-Partridge
- Bambusicola thoracica Chinese Bamboo-Partridge
- Galloperdix spadicea Red Spurfowl
- Galloperdix lunulata Painted Spurfowl
- Galloperdix bicalcarata Ceylon Spurfowl
- Ophrysia superciliosa Himalayan Quail
- Ithaginis cruentus Blood Pheasant
- Tragopan melanocephalus Western Tragopan
- Tragopan satyra Satyr Tragopan
- Tragopan blythii Blyth's Tragopan
- Tragopan temminckii Temminck's Tragopan
- Tragopan caboti Cabot's Tragopan
- Pucrasia macrolopha Koklass Pheasant
- Lophophorus impejanus Himalayan Monal
- Lophophorus sclateri Sclater's Monal
- Lophophorus lhuysii Chinese Monal
- Gallus gallus Red Junglefowl
- Gallus sonneratii Grey Junglefowl
- Gallus lafayetii Ceylon Junglefowl
- Gallus varius Green Junglefowl
- Lophura leucomelanos Kalij Pheasant
- Lophura nycthemera Silver Pheasant
- Lophura imperialis Imperial Pheasant
- Lophura edwardsi Edwards's Pheasant
- Lophura hatinhensis Vietnam Fireback
- Lophura swinhoii Swinhoe's Pheasant
- Lophura hoogerwerfi Sumatran Pheasant
- Lophura inornata Salvadori's Pheasant
- Lophura erythrophthalma Crestless Fireback
- Lophura ignita Crested Fireback
- Lophura diardi Siamese Fireback
- Lophura bulweri Bulwer's Pheasant
- Crossoptilon harmani Tibetan Eared-Pheasant
- Crossoptilon crossoptilon* White Eared-Pheasant
- Crossoptilon mantchuricum* Brown Eared-Pheasant
- Crossoptilon auritum Blue Eared-Pheasant
- Catreus wallichii Cheer Pheasant
- Syrmaticus ellioti Elliot's Pheasant
- Syrmaticus humiae Hume's Pheasant
- Syrmaticus mikado Mikado Pheasant
- Syrmaticus soemmerringii Copper Pheasant
- Syrmaticus reevesii Reeves's Pheasant
- Phasianus colchicus Common Pheasant
- Chrysolophus pictus Golden Pheasant
- Chrysolophus amherstiae Lady Amherst's Pheasant
- Polyplectron chalcurum Bronze-tailed Peacock-Pheasant
- Polyplectron inopinatum Mountain Peacock-Pheasant
- Polyplectron germaini Germain's Peacock-Pheasant
- Polyplectron bicalcaratum* Grey Peacock-Pheasant
- Polyplectron malacense Malayan Peacock-Pheasant
- Polyplectron schleiermacheri Bornean Peacock-Pheasant
- Polyplectron emphanum Palawan Peacock-Pheasant
- Rheinardia ocellata Crested Argus
- Argusianus argus Great Argus
- Afropavo congensis Congo Peafowl
- Pavo cristatus Indian Peafowl
- Pavo muticus Green Peafowl
- Dendragapus falcipennis Siberian Grouse
- Dendragapus canadensis Spruce Grouse
- Dendragapus obscurus Blue Grouse
- Lagopus lagopus Willow Ptarmigan
- Lagopus mutus Rock Ptarmigan
- Lagopus leucurus White-tailed Ptarmigan
- Tetrao tetrix Black Grouse
- Tetrao mlokosiewiczi Caucasian Grouse
- Tetrao urogallus Western Capercaillie
- Tetrao parvirostris Black-billed Capercaillie
- Bonasa bonasia Hazel Grouse
- Bonasa sewerzowi Chinese Grouse
- Bonasa umbellus Ruffed Grouse
- Centrocercus urophasianus* Sage Grouse
- Tympanuchus phasianellus Sharp-tailed Grouse
- Tympanuchus cupido Greater Prairie-chicken
- Tympanuchus pallidicinctus Lesser Prairie-chicken
- Meleagris gallopavo Wild Turkey
- Agriocharis ocellata Ocellated Turkey
Numididae
- Agelastes meleagrides White-breasted Guineafowl
- Agelastes niger Black Guineafowl
- Numida meleagris Helmeted Guineafowl
- Guttera plumifera Plumed Guineafowl
- Guttera pucherani Crested Guineafowl
- Acryllium vulturinum Vulturine Guineafowl
Odontophoridae
- Dendrortyx barbatus Bearded Wood-Partridge
- Dendrortyx macroura Long-tailed Wood-Partridge
- Dendrortyx leucophrys Buffy-crowned Wood-Partridge
- Oreortyx pictus Mountain Quail
- Callipepla squamata Scaled Quail
- Callipepla douglasii Elegant Quail
- Callipepla californica California Quail
- Callipepla gambelii Gambel's Quail
- Philortyx fasciatus Banded Quail
- Colinus virginianus Northern Bobwhite
- Colinus nigrogularis Black-throated Bobwhite
- Colinus cristatus Crested Bobwhite
- Odontophorus gujanensis Marbled Wood-Quail
- Odontophorus capueira Spot-winged Wood-Quail
- Odontophorus melanotis Black-eared Wood-Quail
- Odontophorus erythrops Rufous-fronted Wood-Quail
- Odontophorus atrifrons Black-fronted Wood-Quail
- Odontophorus hyperythrus Chestnut Wood-Quail
- Odontophorus melanonotus Dark-backed Wood-Quail
- Odontophorus speciosus Rufous-breasted Wood-Quail
- Odontophorus dialeucos Tacarcuna Wood-Quail
- Odontophorus strophium Gorgeted Wood-Quail
- Odontophorus columbianus Venezuelan Wood-Quail
- Odontophorus leucolaemus Black-breasted Wood-Quail
- Odontophorus balliviani Stripe-faced Wood-Quail
- Odontophorus stellatus Starred Wood-Quail
- Odontophorus guttatus Spotted Wood-Quail
- Dactylortyx thoracicus Singing Quail
- Cyrtonyx montezumae Montezuma Quail
- Cyrtonyx ocellatus Ocellated Quail
- Rhynchortyx cinctus Tawny-faced Quail
Continued at: Sibley-Monroe checklist 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18